The Gold Cobra: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (June 21, 1950)

“The Gold Cobra” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 21, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Philip Marlowe is hired by the nervous Roth Wyngham to help transport a valuable gold cobra to Chicago. Wyngham claims the cobra is a gift to repay an old friend, but a pursuer named Aqbar is after it. After a high-speed chase through the city, Marlowe retrieves what he believes is the cobra from a hotel checkroom, only to have a red-haired woman pull a gun on him and steal both the suitcase and his car.

Los Angeles, streets and hotel, with plans to travel to Chicago

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Roth Wyngham, Aqbar, Jake, Red-haired woman

Listen for: The tense cat-and-mouse game between Marlowe, Wyngham, and the mysterious Aqbar as they pursue the valuable gold cobra through city streets and hotels.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.